He also denies attempting to wound Mr Godinho’s friend, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, during the same alleged incident.

Stabanner, formerly of Mountsorrel, denies assisting an offender by driving Braithwaite from Leicester to the Days Inn, Woodhall Services, off junction 30 of the M1, following the alleged stabbing, to evade the police.

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Stabanner said he made no mention of having allegedly stabbed anyone and he gave her cash to check into the Days Inn hotel, for £46.

In the hotel room, she saw on Facebook that people were making comments about someone having died and had posted the deceased’s picture with a link to the Leicester Mercury report.

She went onto Google and the Mercury website and asked Braithwaite: “Have you seen this, did you know him?”

Stabanner said: “’Cos obviously it’s in Leicester and he knows quite a lot of people in Leicester.

“He shook his head.”

Police cordon at the scene in Canonsleigh Road, Stocking Farm, in Mar

Stabanner said she had lied to people at the refuge about where she was going – in order to stay out all night – by falsely claiming her sister had been in an accident, as she was not supposed to be in contact with Braithwaite.

She told the interviewing officers: “I didn’t have a clue why he wanted to get out of Leicester, I didn’t have a clue that any of this had anything to do with him, like I really didn’t.

“If he has gone out there, yeah, and done that to someone, yeah, like, I don’t know, don’t even want to think he’d be able to do that to someone.

“Like someone’s died, like I don’t know what he’s done, I don’t know whether he’s done it, I don’t know anything but if that is how he’s chose to his life to be, yeah, then good luck to him because at the end of the day that ain’t no life to be living, like really…and if he has, yeah, then I hate him for even ringing my phone like that because now I’m sat here (in the police station) when I’ve got away from him (by going to a refuge) and he’s just brought my name into some … like I’ve never been in trouble with the police before, I’ve never been in a cell.

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In a second interview, Stabanner said: “At the end of the day I don’t want no involvement with the guy, d’ya know what I mean, he rang me and I went there like some stupid idiot.”

Earlier in the trial, prosecutor, Michael Evan’s QC, told the jury that prior to the incident, Braithwaite and Godinho had argued at a house party in Linney Road, Beaumont Leys.

Shortly before 6am four people – sisters Jade Bunsie and Terri Bunsie, Mr Godinho and a male friend, left the party in a taxi to have drinks at Terri Bunsie’s home in Cannonsleigh Road.

When they arrived, at about 6.13am Braithwaite was waiting for them and allegedly accused Mr Godinho of having said something to his sister at the party, before attacking him.

Mr Evans claimed Braithwaite pulled out a knife he had hidden in his jacket and thrust the blade through the chest of Mr Godinho, before he even had time to raise his arms, and attempted to slash Mr Godinho’s friend, who escaped with a cut to his jacket sleeve.